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image: A dark landscape of palm trees lit by a starry sky. There are two low buildings visible, one has a cinema screen
hung on an external wall. In the foreground there are rows of empty benches, becoming occupied by dark figures the nearer the illuminated
screen they get. A Donald Duck cartoon is being shown.

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Pen and ink wash drawing on watercolur paper. Float mounted onto a secondary support of paper with a graphite decorative border. Ink inscription and graphite inscription.

Over two million American servicemen passed through Britain during the Second World War. In 1944, at the height of activity, up to half a million were based there with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Their job was to man and maintain the vast fleets of aircraft needed to attack German cities and industry.